The opening of the text is all about how the earth was created. This story although it resembles books from Genesis it goes into much greater detail in explaining each part of the earth from the ocean to the mountains and trees. I really enjoyed reading of how the seasons were developed, but when Jupiter came into the picture I was honestly just confused. He rapes Lo who I believe to be innocent and almost irrelevant to the story. When Jupiter’s wife comes down from Heaven to confront him and Jupiter’s instantly turns Lo into a cow. Jupiter a "noble" god, is sneaky, a liar, a cheater and his job to influence humans he is not setting a very good example.
Book 3:
Reading about the Narcissus was a very quick and compelling read. As he sees his reflection in the water he instantly falls in love. The Narcissus is really only in love with his reflection as we come to find out when he hears his echo he is actually frightened by it and does not love his voice or personality. The Narcissus does not want a relationship with himself but he is almost star struck at his physical appearance and good looks at he believe he may be in love with himself.
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